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Kenna Wong Ghaill

Film Programmer at the Art Theatre of Long Beach, with a monthly film column in The Ardent magazine (columns go online 90 days after print publication).

Sundance Review: "Josephine" cover

Sundance Review: "Josephine"

Will the feel-bad breakout of the last Sundance be this year's CODA? This weekend, Josephine (the sophomore feature from writer-director Beth de Araújo) took both the Grand Jury and Audience

Sundance Review: “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” cover

Sundance Review: “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!”

Since the first entertainers emerged with their sketches and tableaus, comedy has been meant for an audience, not an individual. The high of a laugh, a gasp, a scream shared